Ephesians 1:4
Douay-Rheims
As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
The decrees of God are eternal, for He is essentially unchangeable. He mercifully chose to call men to the faith, through the merits of Christ, which He foresaw. "This," observes St. Jerome, "appertains to the foreknowledge of God, to whom all future things are present, and all things are known before they are done."
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1863 · Ephesians 1:4
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